Horseshoe fastener



y Mayv 27, 1930.

B. P. WELLAND HoRsEsHQE FASTENER INVENTOR. ardemzwfzzand,

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i. f. further object loftheinye'ntionis' 'to pfro 10 Vide ak device of the characterl aforesaidby!v m'eans ofwhich` a shoemay be quickly and.

shouldwork loose after long use;

j :the 'claims hereunto appended; Y 2 5 y A' like numerals are employe f 5 parts throughont'the same Figfl is a top 'plan' f This'invention relates ,to'fhorse'shoefastenf j ers,a nd'hasfor itsprimary object to'provide,

in av manner. as hereinafter set forth, a newandfimproved means .for efficl'entlysecuring a" the necessity: of `rpassing11nails' 'or,,the like through thei shoe andV them ,into the' With .the foregoing and other 4 objects Yin View, the invention consists yfof the noyelfcon-v A struction,rcombination, andfarrangemfent'of' 'i parts as hereinafterzmore partlcularlydescribed, rau'idjas illustrated inthe-accompany? 1 ingy drawings wherein visshownanj,embodiv 'p20 .ment Aof ythe invention ;k but 1ty 1s to befunden' stood'th'at the drawings .andf'description are f tobe'jtakenas illustrative, .and the inyention f is intended to be limited only by thescope of In the accompanying drawings. injwhi'ch d to designate'like f er showin'g'the sameinoperative:position on 30 the hoof of ananimal, 'f

"Fig.k is.a'-side eleyationthereofy '1 Referring to the drawings infdeta'il, 4the numeral l indicatesth'e hoof ofaho'rse, to which is. secured a shoeV 2 which; includesl av pair,` of forwardv calks 3 and aifpair Vof: 'rearward 'My-improved meansforsecuringthe shoe to. the "hoof"11finc ludes a` 'length of wire 5 which is adapted' `to, be "passed 'partially aro'undthe hoof l. The ends of the 'wire 5 aref provided with loops' whichfar'e arranged'in spacedV relationafndj which are` adapted to be' drawn ytowards each other .byfmeans offabolt 7 which passes throughthe loopsl` The wire 5' is secured to the horseshoe' 'by means of a which vis slipped 'over one'r of the rearward vcalks 4;; The wire isfurther secured'to ,thev f 59 ylhorseshoejbyfbeingPassedthroughs, pair of y' lBARDENEsr; WELLANnoFlinnenLnAeMI'NNEsoTA- changes fall within the scope ofthe invention nasa eefitherorwardrelk eiefmeneisuerrase screwl 11j/'is en @ninfa-the* aibetaeeeiiy-nereseauyef Krawatten/Ses .Y

'over the warming elements .11 wherelyfh i wire i'spreyented from slipping ldown on *the` v hoof andr whereby theshoe 2 isdrawn firmly*V 3 :against thelower face ofthe hoof when the wire vistightened by means of vthe bolt;7`.

vlll/*hen positioning vthe-shoe on theih'oo'f by ypassed throi'igh the straps` 9.` which are anchored to the forward calks Sand the loops 8 means of vmyimproved; fastener,'thewire 5 is l of 'the' Wrerare slipped overftheiearward; callrs 4c. VThe vwirevfsthenV 'positioned' over relation', and thelooped ends 6 are vthenk drawn together by passing Vthebolt 7f therethrough i the supporting elements '11 with the looped ends 6of the wire disposed. in opposing spaced and tightening the samer?A `Upon ltightlening the wirebymeans of the boltthe shoeis lioof dueto the'fpassage'of thel wire over the drawn'firmlyagainst lthe lower face of they, z

supportingfelements'illr."-If the shoe should"` become loose', as by.,.stretching o ffthe wire isl afterlong use, the same may be readilytightf i ene'dfimerely'by tightening the 'bolt'l vto take v up any'slack in the wire. 4

Itis thought that themany advantages ofj 'A a fastener: in accordance with Athis inventionl will be ireadily apparent, andgalthongh 'the-" l preferred embodimentfof the inventionisy as lillustrated and described, kitis tofbe under-`- V if stoodthat-changes in the details ofconstruction 'mayjbe resorted to, so Along" as. such 21S Clfld inthe appended claims. .Y Y'

What I claim is: f l

horseshoe` fastener comprising a length of wire forpassingaround a'hoof vwith f the ends thereof in spaced'relation',means'for i" securing theA wire tothe shoe, a plurality of supporting elements projecting'horizontally "i from kthe .hoof for: the passage 'of thefwire f Y thereover,V and means connected with said i I Afor drawing them "toward `'each spaced ends other. g-

p y v 2. In a fastener fory a' horseshoeof that type"4 

